Policy Analysis in the Netherlands / / ed. by Frans van Nispen, Peter Scholten.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2014
• MitwirkendeR: Bekkers, Victor,; Fenger, Menno,; Geva-May, Iris,; Hilterman, Frank,; Hoppe, Robert,; Howlett, Michael,; Klaassen, Henk,; Koning, Pierre,; Koppenjan, Joop,; Rouw, Rien,; Scholten, Peter,; Thissen, Wil,; Timmermans, Arco,; Voerman, Gerrit,; Yanow, Dvora,; Zaal, Karin,; van Bommel, Severine,; van Buuren, Arwin,; van Hoesel, Peter,; van Hulst, Merlijn,; van Nispen, Frans,; van Rooyen, Edwin,; van Twist, Mark,; van der Knaap, Peter,; van der Steen, Martijn,
• HerausgeberIn: Scholten, Peter,; van Nispen, Frans,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: International Library of Policy Analysis
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.) :; 19 Black and White

This comprehensive study, part of the International Library of Policy Analysis, edited by Iris Geva-May and Michael Howlett, brings together for the first time a systemic overview of policy analysis activities in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is internationally regarded as one of the front-runner...

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Contents
• List of figures and tables
• List of acronyms
• Notes on contributors
• Editors’ introduction to the series
• Preface and acknowledgements
• Policy analysis in the Netherlands: an introduction
• Styles and modes of policy analysis
• Policy analysis in practice: reinterpreting the quest for evidence-based policy
• Policy analysis in networks: the battle of analysis and the potentials of joint fact-finding
• Patterns of science–policy interaction
• Interpretive policy analysis in the Netherlands
• Policy analysis in government
• Policy analysis and evaluation in national government
• Policy analysis at the local government level
• Policy analysis and performance audit at the ‘highest level’: looking for evidence and responsiveness
• Advisory bodies, consultancy firms, research institutes and think tanks
• Advisory boards and planning bureaus
• The Dutch policy research industry
• Policy analysis in politics and by interest groups in society
• Policy analysis in the Dutch Parliament
• Policy analysis and political party think tanks
• Policy analysis by negotiation: trade unions, employers’ organisations and the Social and Economic Council
• Policy analysis in the academic world
• Policy analysis as instruction
• Contested knowledge in theory-driven policy analysis: setting the Dutch stage
• Institutionalisation and performance of policy analysis and evaluation in the Netherlands
• Index